Tuesday, May 24, 2011

ROUND 1: ZONE 3.3 OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

It was a bloody Round 1 at the start of the Zone 3.3 Open Chess Championship that runs from May 24 to 30 at the Tagaytay Convention Center in Tagaytay City.

The dramatic first day of event saw the promising games of Filipino youth versus the Filipino legends, with FM Haridas Pascua beating GM Eugene Torre and FM Jan Emmanuel Garcia, fresh from winning a gold medal in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2011, splitting the point with the current No.2 strongest player of the country, GM Joey Antonio.

The power of the Filipino youth was simply felt in the initial salvo, with untitled Alcon John Datu halving the point against GM Cerdas Barus, and the newly crowned national juniors champ NM Mari Joseph Turqueza essaying a draw with Black versus IM Roland Nolte.

If the promising performance of the young Filipino participants holds until the finish - we pray - we could see a new Filipino IM at the end of this tournament.

How we hope and pray, too, to see young Filipinos gaining IM norms at the culmination of this event.

Notable performers in ROUND 1:

FM Haridas Pascua (win vs GM Torre)
FM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (draw vs GM Antonio)
Alcon John Datu (draw vs GM Cerdas)
NM Joseph Mari Turqueza (draw vs IM Nolte)

Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2011/05/24 at 1600

Bo.No.
NameRtgPts. ResultPts.
NameRtgNo.
11GMZhang Zhong 25920 1 - 00 FMKasmiran 234624
225FMGarcia Jan Emmanuel 23440 ½ - ½0 GMAntonio Rogelio Jr 25892
33GMCao Sang 25470 1 - 00 FMNovita Anjas 234426
427
Olay Edgar Reggie 23430 0 - 10 GMParagua Mark 25424
55GMGomez John Paul 25380 1 - 00 IMTirto 233728
629
Gunbayar Myagmarsuren 23340 ½ - ½0 GMMegaranto Susanto 25296
77GMLaylo Darwin 25160 1 - 00 FMHabla Jony 233330
831
Legaspi Rhobel 23290 ½ - ½0 GMDao Thien Hai 25128
99IMBarbosa Oliver 25060 1 - 00
Nasanjargal Urtnasan 232532
1033FMPascua Haridas 23230 1 - 00 GMTorre Eugenio 249510
1111GMNguyen Anh Dung 24810 ½ - ½0 FMKhairul Anam 231934
1235FMSegarra Randy 23110 ½ - ½0 IMBitoon Richard 248012
1313IMNguyen Huynh Minh Huy 24640 ½ - ½0
Kaisar Jenius Hakiki 225836
1437IMBao Khoa 22560 ½ - ½0 FMNguyen Duc Hoa 245814
1515IMNguyen Van Huy 24540 1 - 00
Surya Wahyudi 223438
1639
Datu Alcon John 22180 ½ - ½0 GMBarus Cerdas 244316
1717IMNolte Rolando 24290 ½ - ½0
Turqueza Mari Joseph 218140
1841
Paez Alfredo 21460 0 - 10 IMGoh Wei Ming Kevin 242418
1919GMLiu Dede 24180 0 - 10
Tong Thai Hung 210342
2043FMBersamina Paulo 20980 0 - 10 IMDimakiling Oliver 240820
2121IMPurnama Tirta Chandra 24040 1 - 00
Polao Ben 207444
2246
Alidani Leonardo 19850 ½ - ½0 FMHamdani Rudin 236822
2323IMHalay Taufik 23460 0 - 10 FMTin Jingyao 185947
2448
Emperado Emmanuel 00 ½ - ½0
Ricana Leodegario 206845

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